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Sadness, melancholy and gloom have found an outlet in artists throughout history and in the depiction of figurative art. Through artists, humanity and their emotional and physical states are portrayed to be viewed and related to. The instant recognition of such a grave subject also plagues human history itself, thus carving out its own rightful spot amongst the history of art movements. In Edgar Degas' 1875 painting L'Absinthe, where viewers see a portrait of a young woman solemnly contemplating her situation, disengaged from their gaze, her surroundings, maybe even from herself. 

Dark hues and colors define somber portrait painting and can highlight the cause of such sadness, whether that be the subject's emotional state or a greater rendering of the world's expanse and the human existence within it. Existential or not, the traits of somber artwork can be found in our own collection of portraits on Artsper. The portraiture work of Nicolas Fropo de Habart works the body in all its dimensions to create an absolute feeling of vastness while Antoine Stevens also depicts wandering souls in his dimmed portraiture. But given the nature of humanity, somber depictions of the figure are not entirely unexpected…


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Painting, Jedidiah, Agboola Oladapo

Agboola Oladapo

Painting . 59.9 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15 x 1 inch

€2,785

Painting, Empreinte, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€30,000

Painting, Portrait No.5, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

Painting, Pining, Elizabeth Becker

Elizabeth Becker

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch

€2,414

Painting, Untitled, Adam Sabhan

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 50 x 50 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€2,500

Painting, Néfeles, Rocio Mazuecos

Rocio Mazuecos

Painting . 162 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 63.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

€7,500

Painting, Sans titre, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€600

Painting, Mademoiselle 48, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Painting, II, Pascal Girard

II

Pascal Girard

Painting . 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Painting, La Rascasse, Olivier Daumas

Olivier Daumas

Painting . 41 x 52 x 0.2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 20.5 x 0.1 inch

€200

Photography, lnvolucruM, Louis Blanc

Louis Blanc

Photography . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€900

Sculpture, Tête Montagne, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

Sculpture . 60 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Out of shape, Axel Traverso

Axel Traverso

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Etude, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Painting . 190 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€27,900

Painting, Closer, Marie-Ange Daudé

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€4,400

Painting, Hard Way, Ilia Balavadze

Ilia Balavadze

Painting . 170 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Print, La Prima, Yves Pero

Yves Pero

Print . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Print . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Coming Home, Teona Yamanidze

Teona Yamanidze

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Painting, Coq, David Jamin

Coq

David Jamin

Painting . 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €1,020

Painting, Portrait No.8, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

Painting . 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Painting, Portrait, Guy Ghazanchyan

Guy Ghazanchyan

Painting . 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€750 €675

Painting, Untitled, Adam Sabhan

Adam Sabhan

Painting . 50 x 49 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.3 inch

€2,500

Fine Art Drawings, Les Chaises, Guillaume Piot

Guillaume Piot

Fine Art Drawings . 68 x 73 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 26.8 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Painting, Arbre de Vie, Rachel Yedid

Rachel Yedid

Painting . 130 x 140 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

€8,400

Fine Art Drawings, Plaid Shirt, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Fine Art Drawings . 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€2,600

Painting, Mademoiselle 32, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Print, Portrait, Nicolas Carréga

Nicolas Carréga

Print . 25 x 17 x 0.2 cm Print . 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch

€400

Painting, Tendresse, Fabrice Leito

Fabrice Leito

Painting . 98 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 38.6 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,400

Painting, Lapin songeur, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting . 50 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€1,400

Photography, Autoportrait, Jean Le Gac

Jean Le Gac

Photography . 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Return, Nataliya Bagatskaya

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€2,500

Painting, Work, Katalin Soós

Katalin Soós

Painting . 98 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 38.6 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Fine Art Drawings, The Undecided, Mino Maccari

Mino Maccari

Fine Art Drawings . 36 x 25 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.2 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€680

Painting, Ange 2014, Hanna Sidorowicz

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,250

Painting, Sans titre, Antoine Stevens

Antoine Stevens

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Marcel Duchamp, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

Painting . 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Le retour, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€80

Painting, Miléna, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€2,800

Painting, La Barque, Christie Nguyen

Christie Nguyen

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,000

Painting, Saturday, Zena Blackwell

Zena Blackwell

Painting . 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,748